Froebel Short Course Booking Enquiry Form

Froebel Short Course booking enquiry form

Please fill out the form below and return it to us via email:.

Guidance Notes:

Please read the terms and conditions on the page 2-3.
We recommend a lead-time of three months to book a course. Certain Trainers may be booked up further ahead than that and certain dates, eg start of term, also get particularly booked up.

Your details
Please complete these details so we can get in touch with you about your enquiry.
Your full name
Organisation/local authority/setting
Position
Email
Telephone
Address
What you need to provide
Please see requirements overleaf, and confirm that you can provide or arrange the following aspects listed below to enable the smooth running of any prospective course:
Venue (please confirm address) including, for Element 3, opportunitiesfor practical experiences engaging with nature:
Refreshments (coffee, tea, etcand lunch):
Technical equipment (laptop, projector, speakers, etc.) and support (as needed):
A set of unit/mini blocks which fit the requirements of the original Froebel wooden blocks (size, relationship of the blocks to each other, weight, etc)
Workshop materials for Elements 1 and 2 (eg clay, wooden sticks – a list will be provided in advance)
Preferred event dates and other details
For the Froebel Short courses, two day Introductory Course on the principles and practices of the Froebelian approach to early childhood education is mandatory and must be completed first. Please indicate if you wish to add further optional Elements from the list below.
For each course two dates are required, 4-6 weeks apart. Please give preferred dates or time periods.
MandatoryTwo-Day Introductory Course (Element 1) Introduction: principles and practices of the Froebelian approach to early childhood education
OptionalElement 2. The Gifts (and modern wooden blocks) and the Occupations (workshop experiences).NB: Resources required
OptionalElement 3. The importance of engaging with nature and outdoor learning. NB: Opportunities for practical experiences engaging with nature preferable for part of the course.
OptionalElement 4. Play and the symbolic life of the child (representation and the expressive arts)
OptionalElement 5. Lullabies and family songs, finger plays, action songs, movement games - firm foundations for later literacy
Approximate number of delegates (course maximum 25):
Audience knowledge level (basic/ intermediate/ advanced):
Additional comments:
Please provide us with as much additional information as you can that may be relevant to your enquiry.

What the host setting needs to provide

Those buying in the course will be responsible for providing an appropriate venue. The venue must be an appropriate size with good ventilation and light appropriate for showing slides etc.

The host setting will also be responsible for providing refreshments (coffee, tea etc and lunch) and of crucial importance, technical equipment with technical support throughout. The quality of the course will rely on having good technical support, essential in enabling stress free learning contexts for both participants and endorsed Froebel travelling tutors. Powerpoint and DVDs will be used. Early Education will link with the setting and venue prior to the course to ensure the equipment and link with the technical support member of staff who will be there on the day.

For Element 3 there will need to be opportunities for practical experience engaging with nature for part of the time.

Group settings must provide a set of unit/mini blocks which fit the requirements of the original Froebel wooden blocks (size, relationship of the blocks to each other, weight, etc).

Workshop materials need to be provided for each Element (eg clay, wooden sticks etc for Elements 1 and 2). A list will be provided in advance so that these are available to use on the course and later can be used in implementing the course.

Course attendance requirements

Before participation in the Froebel short courses is permitted, there are some important requirements which need to be in place so as to ensure that the course can then be implemented and become embedded in practice by those participating.

Attendance at the first day, fulfilment of the assignment and attendance at the second day is required. The same person must attend day one, undertake the task and return for day two.
Ideally the same group of participants will attend the course together as this opens up opportunities for a community of Froebelian practice to become established locally. The maximum number of attendees on the course is 25, either from the same setting, or from a variety of settings.

What will be provided by Early Education.

In advance of each course, Early Education will provide:

The ‘send in advance’ advance travelling tutors resource pack from the Froebel Trust/Early Education
A set of Gifts 1-6 (the original Froebel wooden blocks) - These will be loaned by the Froebel Trust to Early Education and used to demonstrate and give both the historic perspective and the journey into the modern presentations. These can be sent to the organiser in advance in readiness for the beginning of the course. The Gifts are critical in introducing course members to the Froebelian concepts and terminology, and in demonstrating how links and interconnections can be made across the whole Froebelian framework. There is no appetite for returning to the original practice as first explored which carries the danger of prescribed and inflexible over-structuring. But the thinking around what the Gifts offer has been found very helpful as experienced during the pilot in developing the short Froebel course. They are available on sale if course members decide they would be useful in explaining the development of the Froebelian approach to colleagues and parents.

On day one of each Element, participants will be given a booklet for that Element. This will contain:

Course outline for day
Outline of the Practical assignment in between days 1 and 2.
Booklist, DVDs, websites and networks relating to the appropriate element
Certificates of Attendance will be provided at the end of each element when two days attendance is achieved and the intervening task completed.

A Certificate will also be provided for the whole course if all five Elements have been completed (10 days and 5 tasks).

Terms and conditions

This form does not constitute a formal agreement; it is for enquiry purposes only.

Cancellation

If you wish to cancel an event, you must notify us in writing and in advance of the date. Our standard cancellation terms are set out below. We reserve the right to vary these in relation to individual bookings; we will inform you at the time of booking if different terms will apply.

1.If you cancel the event less than:

2 weeks before the date of the event you will be charged 100% of the original quote
2-4 weeks before the date of the event you will be charged 50% of the original quote
More than four weeks prior to the course start date – administration fee of £75

2.We often book travel and accommodation in advance, to get the best rates. If you cancel the event and we are unable to obtain a refund for these bookings you may be charged for these expenses, in addition to the charges set out in 1. above.

If you are able to rebook the training for an alternative date, we may waive or reduce the cancellation fee. This will be at our discretion.

Maximum numbers

These courses are designed for a maximum of 25 people. We reserve the right to add a surcharge for delegates in excess of the agreed maximum number.

What’s included

See p2-3